Shipping-standard for automobiles



F. H. CURRY.

SHIPPING STANDARD FOR AUTOMOBILES- APPLICATION FILED AUG.23, I920.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

Specification 01' Letters Patent.

Application and August 23, 1920.- Serial No.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK H. CURRY, a citizen of the United States, residin at etroit, county of Wayne, State of M1chi gan, have invented a certain new and useful 'mprovem'ent in Shipping-Standards for Automgbiles of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

y invention has for its object a new and improved shipping standard by which to support an automobile in a freight car.

he use of the standard embodying my invention does away altogether with the ties, wheel blocks and horses which have heretofore been'used for the purpose. The stand ard is so designed that it not only supports the automobile but also prevents the car moving either sidewise or endwise.

he standard embodying my invention comprises two inclined legs of bar iron or oth formed at the top Wheel of the vehicle with which the stand- The legs of the standard are formed at the bottom into feet which are screwed or bolted to the floor of the legs are inclined toward each other and also toward the automobile repeatedly.

The invention will be fully understood from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof will be pointed out and clearly defined in the claims at the close of this specification.

n the drawings, Figure l is a front view of an automobile supported by standards embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a front view of one of said standards.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the standard.

Fig. 4 is a section on line 44 pf Fig. 3.

eferring. now to the drawings, the

invention ispreferably made of two legs 11 or similar suitable material. Each leg is provided with a foot 13 pierced by holes 14 and 12 of bar iron Patented Nov. 8, 1921. 405,550.

by which the standard is nailed, screwed or bolted to the floor of the freight car or is The 1 floor as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in place, they resist lateral swaying of the automobile caused by the movements of the freight car. The legs 11 and 12 are inclined toward each other 6 adjacent h are flat portions 0, d and e, 7 which are brought together and riveted or bolted as shown at 16 and 17. hen the standard is in place under the vehicle, the portion above the apex is vertical. the eye is placed a nut conveniently called a grooved hub cap, aving a groove 19 about its periphery, the groove being of a size to receive the metal The hub he grooved hub cap 18 is eye 15.

in which is e improved shipping standard for automobiles comprising inclined legs formed he apex into an eye and having in said eye arevoluble grooved hub cap for engage-o.

ment with a wheel ofthe automobile with which the standard is to be used.

4. The improved shipping standard for automobiles comprising a' pair of inclined legs made of bar iron, said legs being brought together and then bent into circular shape to form an eye at the apex of said inclined legs, and an 'exteriorly grooved revoluble hub cap in the said eye.

5. The improved shipping standard for automobiles comprising a pair of inclined inclined legs, and an exterlorly grooved revoluble hub cap in the saideye, the portion which is above the apex of and the porbelow being slanted from the base inwardly toward the vehicle with which the-standard is to be used.

In testimony whereof I afiix my si nature. FREDERICK H. CU RY. 

